Combined seeding machine and manure spreader



P. TARGOSKY COMBINED SEEDING MACHINE AND MANURE SPREADER Apr. 24, 1923. 1, 452,f625

Fiied Aug. 25. 1920' INVENTOR Patented pr. 24. 1923.-

PE TER TARGOSKY, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO COMBINED SEEDING- MACHINE AND MANURE srannnna.

Application filed August 23, 1920. Serial No. %05,268.

hereby declare the following tobe a full,

clear, and exact desoriptiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same. The invention relates to a combined seedingrmachine and manure spreader.

he object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practical and efficient combined seeding machine and manure spreader ofcomparatively inexpensive construction adapted to drill grain and fertilizer and capable of also beingarranged for spreading seed such as meadow or pasture grass and manure broadcast and of also packing the surface and of making the same suitable for the growth of the seed. I

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, combinationoand arrangement of parts hereinafter fully. described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood "that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction, within the scope of the 'claims, may be resorted to without. departing from the spirit or sacri ficing any. of the advantages of the invention:

In the drawings in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures:

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of a combined seeding machine and manure spreader constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a detail plan view of one of the drills.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the removable frame.

In the accompanying drawings in which is hoppers D, E and F. The rear hopper D isdesigned for finely ground fertilizer such as bone'meal or phosphate, thecentral hopper E-is designed for contentscontaining seed to be drilled such as oats or onion seed and the front. hopper F is designedto contain either seed or pulverized manure or other fertilizerto be sowed broadcast. The central hopper'E is provided ,Wlth front and rear inclined walls and the, front and rear hoppers are inclined to correspond to the inclination of the walls by, the central hope per. These hoppers are-provided with tapered feed openings H, I and J formedin the platform C. l

Over the rear opening H in the fertilizer hopper revolves a feed screw K'for feeding the fertilizer uniformly to the spacedjopenings H of the rear hopper. Under the feed openingsI and J of the central and front hoppers E and F are mounted feed rollers cutting off the flow of material from the hoppers when the machine is not in use, or from any of the hoppers when a change in spacing the rows is desired, orjfor any other purpose. I

Inclined chutes R are located beneath the central and rear hoppers and are hinged at their front ends and are provided with downwardly curved rear portions. These inclined chutes extend-beneath the openings of the central and rear hoppers and are adapted to receive the material discharged from the same and as the fertilizer is contained in the rear hopper, such material would be dropped in advance of the seed from the central hopper. The curved :terminal portions at the inclined spouts discharge the feed. and fertilizer in rear of drills S which are yieldably mounted upon spiral springs V secured at intervals to a transverse bar or member V of a horizontal frame V and the said springswhich connect the drills with the frame are adapted V to prevent the 'drills froin being broken by verge as clearly illustrated in Fi'g'ureQ 01E the drawing. The side wings S" are adaptiii ed to draw the soil over the seed and fertilizer dropped into the grooves made by the drills S. The Wings S are preferably adjustable vertically at S to control the amount" of earth used in covering the grooves made in the ground by the drill.

The frame V is slidable into and out of position on the frame or truck A. which is provided with guides and to which' the frame Y is detachablysecured by bolts W which passthrough -a front transverse bar The bolts liaveremovable nuts and when the nuts a re renioved the' tranie V may be moved rearwardly' along the guides of'the frame or truck A. This frame V is substantial'ly oblong and consists of a front transverse bar or member and integral side bars onmen'ibers'between the rear portions of which are pivoted the terminals of a rear transverse bar or member. The springs V are "secured to this rear transverse bar or member'which is provided with forwardly bent terminals or arms V pivoted at V to the side bars 'of-the frame V; This pivoting 01' the rear transverse bar or member upon which thedrills are mounted enables the drills to be raised and lower by means of a lever X pivoted at the rear of the machine and having suitable connections with the p voted rear transverse bar V so that upon operation of the lever X the bar V* "is liftedfanddn view of the fact that the drills"arefcar riedby the'bar V it willbe seen that the drills will be lifted to pass over obstacles and also when'the machine isiiot in useand to regulate the depth of the grooves made by the drills. As clearly illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings the hinged chute or spout R has its'rear portion arranged upon and conforming to the configuration of the coiled spring V. This will enable the lever X to raise and lower the drills and the hinged chutes.

" What is"clainied is:

1. A machine of the class described con1- prising a'plura'lity' ofhoppers, a chute leading from the said hoppers, a slidably removable frame beneath the hoppers carrying a resiliently mounted'drill tliei-eoir'adjacent one end of the chute and Ineansfor raising and lowering-said drill.

2. A machine of theclass described comprising hoppers, a chuteleading therefrom, a horizontal slidably removable frame' ha'ving a pivoted extension thereon, a drill resiliently inoi'rnted on the pivoted'e-Xtension whereby the s'ame may be raised or lowered 'b'olt for locking the said tra-mein position.

HA machine of the' class describedcomprising hoppersand a chute; a'longitudinal slidably removable 'fra'niecafrrying a pivoted'extensioii atoneend th'ereof a drill,*supporting nieans including a spring'ztor ithe drilhthe said chute'resting "on thes'pring and mounted for pivotal niovement, and

means for raising andd'ow'ering the drill of the materi i therefrom arrested.

In testimony whereof, Ih'ereunto' set'my hand this'19th dayoiid une 1 920.

' PETER TARo'o-sK In-presence of I WVM'." M. F MONROE, L. MARSHALL.

whereby the chute'vvill b'era'is edand' feeding 

